All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Minimalist modern art on a repurposed military base in rural Texas.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

The walls and ceilings of the "Mexican Sistine Chapel" are almost completely covered with mural, sculpture, inscriptions and oil paintings.

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

A bed and breakfast, botanical garden, art gallery, academy, and workshop all in one.

A cave in southern Italy adorned with thousand-year-old Biblical frescoes existed in obscurity until fairly recently.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

New York's oldest and possibly grandest keeper of books.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.